Chapter 31: Fierce Battle in Shouchun (1)

In the south of Shouchun City, Jiao Yi, Wu army Wenqin, Tang Zi and others attacked the Wei army's Xuzhou governor Hu Fen. Wang Ji, the Wei army's Dongying, had already heard news and left the Yanzhou governor Zhoutai to guard the camp. He ordered 60,000 Wei troops to rescue him. The army left the camp and saw that as soon as the east gate of Shouchun opened, Zhuge Dan personally led his troops to attack. Wang Ji was also prepared. In the Wei formation, General Chen Qian, the Andong Army, took thousands of cavalry, and went south. Wang Ji commanded the army to intercept Zhuge Dan's troops, and a bloody battle was made.

When Zhuge Dan saw Wang Ji divided his troops, he was secretly happy and ordered the troops to receive Wang Ji's head to reward him with a thousand gold medals and grant him the title of Marquis of Wanhu. Although the troops knew that Zhuge Dan had surrendered to the people of Wu, the Marquis of Wanhu could not escape, and Marquis of Wanhu was afraid that what Zhuge Dan said was not the limit. However, on the battlefield, life and death were fighting, and it was certain that Wang Ji would be rewarded with a heavy reward, so he greatly boosted his morale and moved forward bravely.

The Wei army was originally traveling south, but when the Huainan army rushed out, it was on the flank of the Wei army. Although the Wei army was prepared and deployed many defenses, the subsequent troops turned around and could not help but slow down. The Huainan army held its breath early. Although it did not defeat the Wei army's defense line during the fierce rush, it took advantage of the Wei army's chance to push into the Wei formation. In this way, the two armies entangled each other and lost their formation. The generals could only fight on their own.

The commanders of both sides were famous generals of the Wei court at present. Seeing that the front army was tangled together, they arranged for follow-up troops to join the battle group. After several moments of battle, the Huainan army was finally weak and gradually retreated from attack to defense. The generals of the Wei army were all very happy. If they could take advantage of this to obtain Zhuge Dan's head, it would be a great achievement. So they each urged their troops and rushed to Zhuge Dan's central army. The Huainan army seemed to have made a concerted effort and failed to defeat the Wei army. Even if the Huainan generals tried their best to command, they could not stop the trend of the army's retreat.

Chen Qian led 6,000 cavalrymen to resist Zhuge Dan's men and galloped towards the south camp by Wang Ji. He was about to arrive, and a sudden cannon sounded, two teams of Huainan troops rushed out of both sides of the road, pushing dozens of grain transport trucks and blocking the road in an instant. Countless Huainan troops bows and crossbows were fired in the forest on both sides, and for a moment, the Wei army had nowhere to avoid death and injuries. The Wei cavalry who was rushing in front knew that they could not avoid crossbows, and they tried to slam the horses and tried to cross the road. But the number of vehicles was far beyond everyone's imagination. The place where the war horses were lifted and landed was still in the chariot formation. The Huainan archers and spearmen were waiting for the rabbits, and they killed the Wei cavalry one by one without any effort.

Seeing an ambush, Chen Qian suddenly realized that the Huainan army fighting against Wang Ji in the east gate of Shouchun was the lead. The elite soldiers of Huainan took advantage of the suppression of the Wei army's southern camp and were breathless. They left the south gate and detoured here. Without caring about the disadvantages of the terrain, Chen Qian rushed to the surrounding forests. The Huainan army also arrived in a hurry, and had never done anything in the forest. When they saw the Wei cavalry coming, they ran into the depths of the forest. The Wei cavalry was quite inconvenient to move in the woods, while the Huainan infantry relied on the advantage of the geographical advantage and fought with the Wei cavalry.

When Lufan saw Chen Qian's military situation in the south camp, he stepped forward and said, "There are not many thieves here. I asked an army to resist here. The general can take a detour to support the southern camp!" Chen Qian was overjoyed when he heard this, leaving some of the Wei cavalry to pass by Lufan, and took three thousand cavalry to take a detour.

There was a melee in the southern camp, with the Wei army in the camp of 30,000, while the Huainan army was less than 50,000. The Wei army had just arrived in Shouchun for a few days, and the fortifications were simple, and many of them had not been built, so the defense power was a little weaker. The Huainan army was prepared, and Jiaoyi was able to use the attack and battalion easily, regardless of casualties. The two were destroyed and the Wei camp was eventually destroyed.

The Wei camp lasted for several miles and drew nearly half of its troops to resist the Wu army behind him. The front defense seemed a little thinner. The large van rushed out more than ten gaps in the long circumference, and the Huainan army rushed in like a tide. Seeing this, Hu Fen could only grit his teeth and fight to the death, hoping that the reinforcements from Wang Ji, Sima Zhao and others would arrive as soon as possible.

Jiao Yi was always worried about Jiang Ban's death, and today he rushed out of the Wei camp and was released. With his close confidant death soldiers, the generals in Xuzhou came to fight separately, and were shot by Jiao Yi's knife and killed several generals in succession. For a while, no one could stop him. Seeing that no one dared to snatch his attack, Jiao Yi snorted a few times and led the team to rush to the place where Hu Fen's central army was. He was shot back several times in a row. At this time, Hu Fen turned out a general behind him and brought his sword to kill him, shouting: "Don't be crazy, Hu Lie comes to fight you!" Jiao Yi killed several Wei generals in a row, and was so arrogant that he didn't answer when he saw someone coming to fight. He urged the horse under his crotch to fight with Hu Lie.

The defenders in the west of Shouchun City were inevitably shaken when they saw the wars in the southeast, and there were many people who wanted to watch the battle. General Li Ping on the top of the city carried a sword and inspected. Most of the troops in the city were taken away by Zhuge Dan and Jiao Yi. The Huainan army responsible for defending the city are mostly young and strong men who had just been recruited from the city. The combat power of these young men is naturally not high. Fortunately, the walls of Shouchun are tall, and the young and strong men can withstand it for a while with their number of advantages.

What Li Ping thought was why Sima Zhao's Xiying Wei army was not yet seen. The Wei army in the Nanying should be the most frustrated. Wang Ji of the Dongying had the upper hand, but Zhuge Dan was definitely not a vegetarian, and the outcome was still unknown. Sima Zhao's Xiying was the farthest from Shouchun, and the Qiutou was the place where he was fighting to take into account the transportation of food and grass everywhere, so the troops were in charge.

Hu Fen was still supporting the camp, but the Wei army in the back camp was in a bad situation. Cui Jun was not aware of being assassinated by Wu general Wang Zuo for a while, and the remaining Wei army was even more panicked. Although other generals commanded the army, the morale of the army was already in chaos, and the Wu army in front of him was like a wolf and a tiger. The Wei army retreated for several miles before barely seizing the camp. Behind him was the camp. The Wei army and the Huainan army in the camp were fighting to the death. The Wei generals leaned their hearts and fought with the Wu army again.

The Wu army had only more than 10,000 people in total. They broke through the defense line of the Wei army in succession, and fought with Huang Xing and Cui Jun, the 20,000 Wei army, and suffered serious losses in succession. Only more than 7,000 people were left after chasing here. The chief general of the Wei army was killed, and the army was in turmoil, but the Wu army and the Huainan army were surrounded by the desperate situation. They had no choice but to fight to the death. So far, there were still 10,000 soldiers to fight.

Xuzhou Governor Hu Fen is the son of Hu Zun, the general of chariots and cavalry. He is cheerful and advocates martial arts and specializes in strategies. He is well-managed and is loved by military soldiers. When Sima Yi conquered Gongsun Yuan in Liaodong, Hu Fen went to join the army as a white shirt, which was praised and loved by Sima Yi. Just because he did not rely on his family background, everyone was impressed. Therefore, Hu Fen became famous and won the morale of the army.

The ten thousand Wei troops left behind are all Xuzhou troops. Knowing that the governor was fighting in the camp behind him, he was afraid that Wen Qin and others would attack Hu Fen and all fought with their lives. Wen Qin, Tang Zi and others attacked the enemy with fewer attacks and entered the enemy's formation for dozens of miles, and were already exhausted. Although their morale was strong and their strength was greatly reduced, it was difficult to cross the line of the line of defense for a while and were stuck outside the Wei army's last line of defense.

The war situation in the east was already in danger at this time. The Huainan army was resisted by the Wei army with all their strength, and its momentum began to fade. Zhuge Dan cursed in his heart, and his combat power was still so powerful. It was indeed a group of mobs. Seeing that the situation in the Wei army was very good, Wang Ji looked gloomy and thoughtful.

Wu general Quan Yi took 20,000 Wu troops to reinforce Wen Qin, but instead made arbitrage all the way to attack the Wei army's Dongying. Quan Yi originally wanted the entire army to go west and attack Qiutou, where the Wei army stationed grain. Quan Duan had a lot of complaints about this. Sima Zhao's army was all in Qiutou, and he would definitely be heavily guarded. There were only 20,000 people on his side. Once he failed, it would not only not help the battle situation, but would become an isolated army. Sun Feng in the Eastern Wu family had a feud with his whole family. If he failed this battle, he would inevitably be punished by military law, so he should not act rashly.

Quan Yi deeply agreed with his younger brother's advice. However, he was not willing to accept Wen Qin step by step and then enter the city. He had to fight a beautiful battle in front of the people in Huainan, which made the Wu people famous. Quanduan's bitter words were ineffective, so the Wu army changed its target - to attack the Dongying! It was still difficult for two or three thousand people to sneak around, but how could the 20,000 Wu troops not know the truth that they would not be discovered? Before they reached the rear of the Dongying of the Wei army, they were discovered by the Wei scouts, and urgently reported it to the Yanzhou Governor Zhoutai, who was responsible for guarding the camp.

There were originally 20,000 defenders in the East Camp, and the defeated Wei army in the South Camp, and the military strength was already 40,000. Li Guang, the first to escape, was always in the secret. Li Guang ran the fastest and arrived at his own camp first, but before he could even get hot, he saw the Wu army chasing the defeated Wei army rushing to the camp. He had no choice but to run again. This repeated several times Li Guang suddenly realized that the Wu people were in the South Camp, and he was naturally chased to the south. So Li Guang turned his horse and fled eastward first. The Wei army behind him had already disintegrated and had no backbone. Seeing the general running eastward, he followed the eastward. Along the way, he encountered several waves of Wei troops coming to rescue. Li Guang could not say a word about the information about the Wu people, but only said that Wen Qin and Tang Zi were unstoppable.

After several waves of reinforcements saw that Li Guang was beaten so miserably. Since the Wu people were in full swing, we could win a great victory by copying the Wu people's retreat! The troops did not know that Li Guang had never fought with the Wu people, so they all changed to take a small path to attack the Wu army. When the Wei army arrived at the place, Tang Zi waited for a long time, and several ambusheds killed the Wei army and fled in panic. As a result, the Wei soldiers affiliated to the Nanying fled to Dongying, and the Nanying was already in short supply, which made it even worse. Zhou Tai also understood this truth, so he gathered the defeated soldiers and reorganized the army to prepare to rescue Nanying.

The army was about to set off when they received news that a large group of Wu troops came to rob the camp.

The fourteen royal families were divided into two groups, one was a literary test, examining the way of governing the country and the art of governing the country and the people; the other was a martial test, examining the courage of martial arts and the ability of generals to govern the army. Everyone felt new to this unique royal selection, and at the same time understood that this was a great opportunity to enter the court. For Liu Chan's six sons, the position of the prince was still empty, and the advantages and disadvantages of this consideration may determine who will inherit the country's great cause in the future.

The examiners responsible for the literary examination were Zhang Shao, the Marquis of Anguo, and Xu Xun, and Yin Zong. The examiners responsible for the martial examination were Li Qiu, the general of the Yulin Central Army, and Guan Yi. The examinations were naturally held in the hall, and the general of the military examinations were also in the hall. Only the consideration of martial arts was set up on the square outside the hall.

Liu Chan chose a good location outside the hall to rest, and waited for the exam inside the hall to end. He was thinking about rebellion everywhere, and the will had been issued, and the waiting process was not very difficult, but this matter was too strange.
Chapter completed!